Snowy Egret invited a frog to over for dinner

[MartinSE]

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[Vickim]

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Do you sell your work locally ?

[Stu from NYC]

Beautiful but does he eat just the legs? Asking for a friend

[MartinSE]

Do you sell your work locally ?

No, I do not sell my work.

But, I do let anyone use it any way they want to, except to sell it. It's called Creative Commons 4 International Copyright with Attribution. If you use one of my photo's I appreciate it if you give me credit. If you modify my photo (like making a meme) then please do not give me credit, since it is no longer mine - :)

If you want to have a print or a coffee table book made, I can recommend a printer that is used by Professionals (Printque.com) and if you describe what size you want I can prepare an image for you to print at that size. The ones I post here are only good for printing up to about 4x6 inches. 8x10 and larger require large files.

[MartinSE]

Beautiful but does he eat just the legs? Asking for a friend

Now that you mentioned it, I did see a bunch of frogs in wheel chairs around the pond!

[Stu from NYC]

Now that you mentioned it, I did see a bunch of frogs in wheel chairs around the pond!

Must be little ones:a040:

[blueash]

It seems that the bird had the frog and was flying about to land in the water. Did you see the bird catch the frog and follow it to capture the image? Or did you just get lucky that the bird was landing where you were waiting? I always wonder how people happen to be there at just the right moment. Maybe you take dozens of sequential shots and save the ones that work out?

[Stu from NYC]

It seems that the bird had the frog and was flying about to land in the water. Did you see the bird catch the frog and follow it to capture the image? Or did you just get lucky that the bird was landing where you were waiting? I always wonder how people happen to be there at just the right moment. Maybe you take dozens of sequential shots and save the ones that work out?

Some years ago we were in Alaska and was watching a couple of killer whales popping out of the water. Did some sequential shots and got a great one with its mouth wide open.

[MartinSE]

It seems that the bird had the frog and was flying about to land in the water. Did you see the bird catch the frog and follow it to capture the image? Or did you just get lucky that the bird was landing where you were waiting? I always wonder how people happen to be there at just the right moment. Maybe you take dozens of sequential shots and save the ones that work out?

My "work flow" in shooting birds in flight is to sit and watch the birds around me. When I see one heading in for a splashdown I try to get a burst of shots around when it hits the water. My camera shoots bursts at 10 images per second. So, I try to get 3 to 5 at the point they hit the water. Then if they come up with a fish or something I keep the burst running for another 1/2 second to a second.

Then I watch them flying away. If they come my way, I take a few small bursts (3 or 4 images) at different points as they approach me. Then I try to get another short burst when they get where they are landing.

The two above were where it was landing. I have a couple in flight (boring) and a few when it caught the frog. Below. Sadly, this one pulled the frog out of the water and flew off in one swift movement. And none of the shots were worth posting.

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And this one is in flight on its way back to the shore - again, "boring".

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When shooting Birds in flight, I am just learning, and so I tend to shoot 3 to 5 frame bursts, and usually a couple of them are in focus (the bird is moving very fast at this point and not motion blurred). But, that does not mean they are "good". I shot about 100 images yesterday, and had about 20-25 "keepers". I hope to reduce my frame count (shoot fewer bursts) and get a higher number of keepers as I get better.

[PugMom]

you have a wonderful talent for capturing wildlife. kudos on your work! :clap2: 🕊

[MartinSE]

you have a wonderful talent for capturing wildlife. kudos on your work! :clap2: 🕊

Thank you. I am learning. I attended a photo club meeting today in TV, and was really impressed with the talent I saw there, I think I will learn a lot from them.

[banjobob]

Great photo , how do you get them in action like that?

[Jewelz]

Spectacular!!!!! Keep 'em coming!!:)

[Annie66]

Bet the frog tasted like chicken.

[Luggage]

Thanks great shot again!!!

[Stu from NYC]

Great photo , how do you get them in action like that?

You throw them a frog and they do anything for another.

[Captain Ruth]

Beautiful shot👍

[MartinSE]

You throw them a frog and they do anything for another.

Great idea, I am going to try that! LOL!

[MartinSE]

Great photo , how do you get them in action like that?

I wrote a lengthily description above. But, basically sit and watch. You start to see patterns of how they feed, once you can guess when they are about to feed, then it becomes practicing to be able to twitch fast enough - since most of the time the entire catching a minnow or frog thing takes less than a second or two.

Old saying, if you snooze your lose.

[Stu from NYC]

Great idea, I am going to try that! LOL!

I tried that with my wife once and that didnt quite work the way I hoped.:pray:

[DaleDivine]

My "work flow" in shooting birds in flight is to sit and watch the birds around me. When I see one heading in for a splashdown I try to get a burst of shots around when it hits the water. My camera shoots bursts at 10 images per second. So, I try to get 3 to 5 at the point they hit the water. Then if they come up with a fish or something I keep the burst running for another 1/2 second to a second.

Then I watch them flying away. If they come my way, I take a few small bursts (3 or 4 images) at different points as they approach me. Then I try to get another short burst when they get where they are landing.

The two above were where it was landing. I have a couple in flight (boring) and a few when it caught the frog. Below. Sadly, this one pulled the frog out of the water and flew off in one swift movement. And none of the shots were worth posting.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52069255839_5db5572c49_o.jpg

And this one is in flight on its way back to the shore - again, "boring".

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52067998377_a92ee26445_o.jpg

When shooting Birds in flight, I am just learning, and so I tend to shoot 3 to 5 frame bursts, and usually a couple of them are in focus (the bird is moving very fast at this point and not motion blurred). But, that does not mean they are "good". I shot about 100 images yesterday, and had about 20-25 "keepers". I hope to reduce my frame count (shoot fewer bursts) and get a higher number of keepers as I get better.

Wow.. more great photos from the master of wildlife...
:coolsmiley::coolsmiley:

[MartinSE]

Wow.. more great photos from the master of wildlife...
:coolsmiley::coolsmiley:

Thank you